The hallowed halls of academia may have filled with a dizzying array of counter-culture fashion since the 1960s, but like its fellow fashion statement the corduroy jacket, the academic beard continues to hold fast to the faces of many an academic.

Antonio López-Gay,
a research fellow at the Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, has begun a six-month visit to the Nucleo
de Estudos de Populaçao in the Department of Demography at
the Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, São Paulo (Brasil). During his stay in
Brazil, he will give several seminars in the Postgraduate Programme in
Demography, combining this teaching work with his research on The Cohabitation
Boom in Brazil and Other Dimensions of the Demographic Transition. Formació acadèmica:

Doctor en Demografia per la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2007)

Diploma d'estudis avançats (DEA) en Geografia Humana, UAB. (2004)

Llicenciat en Geografia, UB (1999)

Postgrau Mètodes per a l'Estudi de la Població, CED (2000)

Investigador contractat Juan de la Cierva (des de l'1 de setembre de 2009)